Welcome to the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center IPP Technology Facts information page. Here you will find documents that describe a variety of the research programs that have been undertaken at DFRC as a way for NASA to validate technology concepts, and specifically to "separate the real from the imagined".
Documents are available in two formats. An on-line viewable document in HTML is available by following the hyperlink on the document title. High quality versions are also available for printing in PDF format.
| Document Number | Document Title/HTML Version | PDF Version |
|---|---|---|
| TF-2004-01 DFRC | The AD-1, "Oblique Wing Research Aircraft" | 499K |
| TF-2004-02 DFRC | Aerotow, Lowering the Cost of Space Launches | 532K |
| TF-2004-03 DFRC | Digital Electronic Engine Control, "The DEEC" | 495K |
| TF-2001-02 DFRC | Digital Fly-By-Wire, "The All-Electric Airplane" | 631K |
| TF-2004-12 DFRC | F-16XL Supersonic Laminar Flow | 502K |
| TF-2004-05 DFRC | The Flow Visualization Facility, "Dryden's Water Tunnel" | 516K |
| TF-2004-06 DFRC | Highly Integrated Digital Electronic Control, "The HIDEC Program" | 504K |
| TF-2004-08 DFRC | Lunar Landing Research Vehicle | 555K |
| TF-2004-09 DFRC | Paresev, "The Paraglider Research Vehicle" | 644K |
| TF-2004-11 DFRC | Self-Repairing Flight Control System | 494K |
| TF-2004-13 DFRC | The Supercritical Airfoil | 505K |
| TF-2004-14 DFRC | Wake Vortex Research | 507K |
| TF-2004-15 DFRC | Winglets | 511K |
| TF-2004-16 DFRC | The X-15 | 527K |
| TF-2004-17 DFRC | The YF-12 Flight Research Program | 559K |